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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 188337, member: 283&quot;]Mostly all of the contemporary counterfeits of 1600-1900 coinages I have encountered (including this one) have been struck examples, not cast. Most often they are struck in copper or brass, then treated with a varying degree of thickness of silver (ranging from a light silver wash through to `quality&#039; silver plating). Any mark on this one you might be interpeting as a `pock&#039; (normally associated with casting) is actually either part of the coins design or a circulation hit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most cast fakes that i&#039;ve come across have been fairly modern fakes of ancient coins with. There have been a few exceptions.....usually spanish 8R&#039;s... or dutch pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Prussians appear to have maximised the use of their coin dies at the expense of strike quality at times. However,&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t quite say&nbsp; that the coinage in question was particularly crudely struck in relation to other coinage of the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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